Physicist & astronomer
Christiaan Huygens
Found the rings of Saturn and its moon Titan, invented the pendulum clock, and argued light was a wave a century before anybody could prove it.
Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor who is regarded as a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. In physics, Huygens made seminal contributions to optics and mechanics, while as an astronomer he studied the rings of Saturn and discovered its largest moon, Titan. As an engineer and inventor, he improved the design of telescopes and invented the pendulum clock, the most accurate timekeeper for almost 300 years. A talented mathematician and physicist, Huygens authored the first modern treatise where a physical problem was idealized using mathematical parameters, while his work on light contains the first mathematical and mechanistic explanation of an unobservable physical phenomenon.
- Born
- 1629-04-14, The Hague, NetherlandsA Saturday
- Died
- 1695-07-08, The Hague, NetherlandsA Friday, aged 66
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1629-04-14, The Hague, Netherlands · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Amsterdamthe zone used then
Europe/AmsterdamThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 24°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 12°42′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 27°36′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aries | 0°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 12°10′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 4°26′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 19°48′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 6°53′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 0°11′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 19°50′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1695-07-08, The Hague, Netherlands · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Amsterdamthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 16°19′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 15°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 9°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 24°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 8°32′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 26°15′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 12°11′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 20°25′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 26°33′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°41′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Christiaan Huygens was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.